DONETSK (Sputnik) — Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), said Wednesday he had signed an agreement on weapons withdrawal in eastern Ukraine.
"I signed today a document that further strengthens ceasefire, and we will begin implementing it under an agreed schedule," Zakharchenko said in a statement.
Participants of the Contact Group on Ukraine initialed on Tuesday an agreement on the withdrawal of weaponry with caliber under 100-mm and tanks from a separation line between Kiev-led forces and Donbas militia in eastern Ukraine.